Front matter
Reading edition
“Be to her virtues very kind, Be to her faults a little blind.”
PHILADELPHIA: THE KEYSTONE PUBLISHING CO. 1889.
COPYRIGHT By JOHN E. POTTER AND COMPANY, 1879
Dedicated TO ALL THOSE HAVING MOTHERS-IN-LAW OR EXPECTING TO HAVE.
CONTENTS.
ChapterPage
I.Bessie and I and Bessie’s Mother7
II.Courting the Mother15
III.Our Marriage28
IV.Mountains and more Mother-in-Law37
V.The Rise and Fall50
VI.What is Home without a Mother-in-Law?71
VII.Miss Van’s Party and another Unpleasantness84
VIII.Another Charlie in the Field98
IX.The Shadow on our Life108
X.My Mother-in-Law Subdued115
XI.George’s New Departure123
XII.Baby Talk, Old Dives, and Other Things138
XIII.A Surprise150
XIV.A Happy Prospect158
MY MOTHER-IN-LAW.